Charlotte granddad interrupted a crime. Hours later, he was shot to death, CMPD says

A Charlotte man found shot multiple times outside a city child care facility last week was killed after he had interrupted a crime in progress hours earlier, a police affidavit reports.

The shooting happened around 3 a.m. Monday, Dec. 15, in the parking lot of Tender Hearts Child Care on North Sharon Amity Road, and two men have been charged, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said in a Dec. 19 case update.

Investigators believe 44-year-old Albert Lowery was targeted for confronting a suspected thief at the 24-hour child care operation two hours earlier…

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